Eli5 how on earth to restaurants get the orders out for each table at the same time despite the dishes taking different amounts of time to cook?

Question

Like, so many different tables, they can’t do each table at a time, so confusing

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Answer 1

Just to add to some of the other good points in this thread already..

In some kitchens the menu is fairly limited or uses common ingredients.

So for example grilled chicken breasts might be in several dishes, so you might have 3 or 4 chicken breasts on the grille at any given time and that way you can pretty much serve one up at any point.

You can also have sauces in a baines marie (sp?) which is basically a heater that keeps it hot constantly and ready to mix with pasta etc at a moments notice.

A lot of its about being smart with what is ready to go at any point.